Cygnet expands Westlands unit

Healthcare Market News (Mental Health) November 2003Cygnet Healthcare is opening a new unit at its Westlands centre which caters for delayed discharge psychiatric patients....

Coventry LIFT scheme

Healthcare Market News (News) November 2003A consortium which includes Galliford Try plc, the construction and housebuilding group, has been named as the preferred private...

Peterborough primary care partnership

Peterborough City Council's cabinet has agreed plans to formally transfer its adult social care department into the Greater Peterborough Primary Care Partnership (GPPCP). Staff...

Welsh waits on the increase

Healthcare Market News (News) November 2003The number of patients waiting for NHS inpatient treatment in Wales has risen again, quarterly Assembly statistics showed last...

BUPA centre expands cardiac offering

Healthcare Market News (News) November 2003BUPA's heart unit at Hull and East Riding Hospital is to expand its range of treatments. The unit plans...

CSG defiant as turnover falls

Healthcare Market News (Company News) November 2003Corporate Services Group (CSG), the parent company of healthcare staffing businesses Medacs, PRN and Blue Arrow Nursing Care,...

Affinity expands eating disorder unit

Healthcare Market News (Mental Health) November 2003Affinity Healthcare's specialist eating disorders unit at Cheadle Royal Hospital has opened a new extension, increasing its facilities...

Local govt should copy LIFT model

Healthcare Market News (News) November 2003Local Improvement Finance Trust (LIFT), the public-private partnership (PPP) model developed by the NHS to meet the building needs...

Department of Health launches BME consultation

The Department of Health (DoH) has launched a consultation into mental health services for black and minority ethnic communities. The consultation paper, Delivering Race...

Millions for private treatment for Scots

Healthcare Market News (News) November 2003The Scottish Executive has announced new funding for NHS Boards to spend on private treatment for NHS patients.NHS Boards...